Feeling the heat

Man, it's been a rough few weeks.  I've been in and out of this stress frame of mind, and I've felt alternatively crazy and focused, kind of like a kaleidoscope.  Things twist and turn, and just as soon as they look like they are starting to make sense, they suddenly don't again.  I'm almost at the point of just throwing my hands up in the air with it all.  I told a friend the other day that I was going to totally disable auto correct on my phone and just start accepting whatever gibberish it decided I was typing or saying and send it along, so everyone else can be just as confused as I am.

A blowout

Face painting and swimming,
 not a good mix.

The neighborhood pool party was on Saturday, and it was a long day.  So again, nothing got done.  Well, not really nothing.  We did stay at the pool almost all day, we won a $15 Whataburger gift card and a Nerf pool bomb in the door prize drawings, and Simon got a beet red sunburn on his neck.  Oh, and Leah got her tooth knocked out.  The injury report said "front right medial incisor".  It's so nice being married to a first repsonder, especially when it's your child that has blood running down her face and is crying uncontrollably.  As for Leah, she was fine.

Getting things done, or not, as the case may be

Well, the garage is a mess.  And I need it to be an un-mess so I can do some exercising in there.  Yes, I can exercise in the house, but the weight machine is in the garage, and I am NOT moving it into the house.  No room.  And the kids would hurt themselves on it.  So, before I can even move on to talking about my DIY projects, I have to clean up the garage.  Only today is Leah's Birthday, #6.  So I have to deal with that first.  She's sad, because we can't have a party.  We just don't have the money to spend on party kinds of things, so we're going to just have a little cake and ice cream for the family tonight, a few small gifts, and then try to make it up to her when things get better.

Moving on to things I need to do

In reviewing my list, I'll work backward.  Back in January, I noticed my awesome sister #2 had a twitter feed going of her amazing weight loss.  I guess it's not really amazing, since she almost died from sepsis, and has had some other issues and has HAD to lose weight just to not hurt walking around.  But anyway, she's done an incredible job. And I said, "Wow, I'd love to tweet that I have lost weight."  So I started.  I have been losing weight since February, when I started a keto diet.  Now, before you lecture me on what diets are safe, don't.  Everyone has to do what works for them, and keto works for me.  I get plenty of nutrients and protein, and that's what matters.  Oh, and my doctor approves.

Beginning, but not AT the beginning (a sort of introduction)

Sometimes things hit you and the knock you off your feet.  Life has a way of speeding around the corner like an unseen bicycle delivery rider and slam into you, leaving scrapes and bruises (and maybe broken bones) as well as remnants of Moo Shu pork and fried rice all over the pavement.

I had this happen recently.  Although, in hind sight, I should have seen it coming.  There were prompts and cues that hints.  Missing items and furtive glances and loneliness.  So I had to make a big change in my attitude and get back on track.